Scholle, New Mexico
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It lies in ZIP code area 87036. The Survey maps it on the Scholle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Scholle quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Socorro quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Scholle quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
38 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Scholle between 1994 and 2017, burning about 62 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument | SISNERO FIRE |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | 179 |
| 25 August 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | TIMAN |
| 9 July 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | New Mexico State Forestry Division | RAFAEL |
| 9 July 2002 | Natural | 5.5 acres | New Mexico State Forestry Division | SCHOLLE |
| 9 July 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | SAN RAFAEL |
| 6 July 2003 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Cibola National Forest | TRACK |
| 4 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cibola National Forest | MILE MARKER 188 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Scholle: 4 past producers, 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abo Mine | Silver, Copper | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit 57-137-S | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Scholle Claim Group | Uranium, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Scholle District | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Uranium | Past Producer | 1905, 1915, 1961 | |
| Jack Rabbit Claim | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abo | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Deer Canyon | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Thunderbird | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Chupadera | 11.2 miles | 7 | |
| Mountainair | 11.3 miles | 10 | |
| La Cienega | 11.7 miles | 11 | |
| Los Chavez | 13.4 miles | 11 | |
| Punta de Agua | 13.8 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122573069 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 910867. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.





